Company that reported hacking stole bitcoin held by police
Bitcoin held by police went missing, and a company that had reported being hacked turned out to be involved in the theft. One of the two people involved was arrested.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Theft of bitcoin held by police
- Cause / method
- Theft of bitcoin by a company that had reported being hacked
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataCrypto assets
- Check login and withdrawal history in your exchange app, and turn on withdrawal address whitelisting and withdrawal delays.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Center ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- The involvement of a company that had reported being hacked in the theft of police-held bitcoin, and the arrest of one person involved, were reported.
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